| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Ball State |
| Current Conference: | Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association |
| Player Years1: | 2004-2006 |
| Player Team1: | Graceland University (Volleyball) |
| Coach Years1: | 2012-2022 |
| Coach Team1: | Grand View[1] |
| Coach Years2: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team2: | Ball State |
| Tournament Record: | 0-1 (NCAA) |
| Championships: | 1× Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament (2022) [2] 1× NAIA National Invitational Championship (2018)[3] 1× NAIA National Championship (2021) [4] |
| Awards: | 1× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022)[5] [6] 2× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NAIA 2017, 2021) 2× MIVA Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022, 2024) |
Donan Cruz is an American men's college volleyball coach, who currently serves as the head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's volleyball team.[7] [8] [9] He previously held the same position at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.[10]
In his first year as head coach at Ball State, the Cardinals compiled a 23-4 record and were the second seed at the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.[11] To conclude the 2022 season, the Cardinals fell in five sets in the semi-finals of the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament to the eventual national champions, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. [12] [13]